Education
Trinity College; Rugby School.
Trinity College; Rugby School.
Born near Hanover Square in London to Liberal Party Member of Parliament Francis Dyke Acland and Eleanor Margaret Cropper, Geoffrey was the younger brother of Richard Acland, who later became a Common Wealth Party and Labour Party Member of Parliament. He studied at Rugby School, Trinity College, Cambridge, and the University of Grenoble. During World World War II, he served with the Border Regiment, rising to become a Captain. After the war, Acland became joint managing director of some paper mills, and he stood unsuccessfully for the Liberal Party in Westmorland at each election from 1945 to 1959.
From 1954 to 1956, he was the Chairman of the Liberal Party.
Acland married Winifred Julian Dorothy Fothergill in 1932, and they were the parents of six children.
